The Steel Band Game Plan: Strategies for Starting, Building, and Maintaining Your Pan Program, the first comprehensive resource devoted to steel band pedagogy, is a must-have for anyone involved in the steel band idiom today. Written primarily for educators, The Steel Band Game Plan addresses a wide variety of topics, including instrumentation, personnel, basic pan technique, repertoire, and rehearsal strategies. This informative text addresses a sore need among the community of pan: the need for a thorough treatment of topics regarding the successful implementation and development of a steel band program. The style is user-friendly, and anyone who desires to start a steel band program, or who is currently directing one, will find it accessible and enlightening. It's a one-stop resource for a wide variety of information—from guidelines on major decisions such as what instruments to purchase, to helpful tips for getting the most out of your rehearsals. Simply put, The Steel Band Game Plan is a book that no steel band director can afford to be without.
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Devoted to steel band pedagogy, this title intended for educators addresses a variety of topics, including instrumentation, personnel, basic pan technique, repertoire, and rehearsal strategies.
Chapter 1 What Is Pan? Chapter 2 Purchasing Instruments for Your Steel Band Chapter 3 The Five Most Common Instrument Types Chapter 4 Developing Your Steel Band's Instrumentation Chapter 5 Personnel Chapter 6 Repertoire Chapter 7 Basic Pan Technique Chapter 8 The Engine Room Chapter 9 Rehearsals and Performances Chapter 10 Appendix A: Suggested Reading Chapter 11 Appendix B: Suggested Listening Chapter 12 Appendix C: Suggested Resources
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Dr. Tanner's text speaks to an audience of educators, but incorporates the vocabulary, nuance and unique spirit of pan. He gives us a thorough, user-friendly guide that will become the standard for aspiring steel band directors. The information is logically organized and covers every possible aspect of starting and maintaining your own pan program. Tanner hits the nail on the head in each chapter, covering the specific 'nuts and bolts' information that every steel band director needs to know. This book is like having your own steel pan program mentor and it will inspire educators to develop new pan programs or empower seasoned directors to take their group to the next level. Potential readers should take comfort in Tanner's proven record of excellence as an educator, performer, composer, producer, and now, author of this essential book.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781578865406
Publisert
2006-12-20
Utgiver
Vendor
Rowman & Littlefield Education
Vekt
277 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
142 mm
Dybde
13 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
128

Forfatter
Foreword by

Biographical note

Chris Tanner is the founder and director of the Miami University (Ohio) Steel Band. He is a published composer through Pan Ramajay Productions, and he has appeared as a guest clinician and performing artist with collegiate and high school steel bands throughout the United States.